Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King
Explain Teiresuas' words "...but oh, when wisdom brings no profit / to be wise is to suffer." How will he and Oedipus, both wise man, suffer?
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Oedipus suffers because he has, in fact, fulfilled the prophecy to kill his father and marry his mother; Teiresias suffers because he has to tell the truth and finds himself discarded by Oedipus who believes Teiresias to be bribed.